General Accountant

Purpose
This role represents the economic transactions of the Division to safeguard the assets of IDEMIA fairly, accurately, and on time and ensures compliance with applicable regulations. Provides the Management team with reliable information for decision-making.

Key Missions

1. Identifies General Ledger transactions (cut-off accruals, provisions, payroll, tax) and posts them in the Ledger.
2. Prepares and ensures correctness and validity of Balance sheet accounts (reconciling Sub-Ledgers with General Ledger, aging calculation, fair valuation/completeness of assets, completeness of liabilities).
3. Prepares monthly financial statements per entity, including Balance sheet, Profit and Loss, Trial balance, and any relevant analysis.
4. Loads/Reports monthly financial statements in the Group Financial tools for availability for financial teams.
5. Prepares the yearly Financial Statements and associated filings, in compliance with local GAAP.
6. Answers Ad-hoc financial requests/queries from stakeholders.
7. Coordinates internal and external audit reviews and supports internal control annual self-assessment.
8. May provide tax schedules to support Value Added Tax and Corporate Income Tax returns.
9. May ensure correctness and validity of the Inventory Ledger.
10. May ensure correctness and validity of the Fixed Asset Ledger, managing the fixed assets purchase orders, booking appropriate entries, monitoring activation, depreciation, and disposal of the assets.
11. May include cost accounting activity.
12. Solves errors and proposes solutions by communicating with other parties.
13. Handles GL accounting and reporting for medium-sized entities or contributes to accounting sub-processes.
14. Trains junior GL accountants.

Profile & Other Information

What can you bring?

1. Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
2. Minimum of 4 years of experience in accounting within the UAE.
3. Solid knowledge of UAE tax regulations, including VAT.
4. Experience with accounting software and ERP systems (D365).
5. Proficient in English and Arabic is mandatory.
6. Excellent Communication and interpersonal skills.
7. Proactivity, flexibility.
8. Resilience.
9. Organizational skills.
10. Problem solving.
11. Autonomy.

Company Industry

• IT - Software Services

Department / Functional Area

• Accounts
• Taxation
• Audit
• Company Secretary